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ARM$

Purpose
Passes data and messages between a screen and an after read method.
Used By
A screen when a record has been read and before it is displayed for data entry.

Contents

ARM$[0] On return from the method the entry contains return directives:
Null or “.” Continue processing record
SKIP Reject record, print “record not found” message
SKIP-NOMSG Reject record, don’t print message
ARM$[1] Data Record Read/Extracted
ARM$[2] (1,1) Maintenance mode (A,C,D,I,F,f)
(2,1) File type (D,S,I,C)
(3,1) Forward (F) / Backward (B) read flag
(4,1) Record Extract flag (R,E)
(5,1) Key Value Not Found flag (1=found, 0=not found)
(6,1) Term-key (binary)
ARM$[3] Key/Record number used for Read / Extract

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